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general food of Cressonia, Calasyt?ibolus, Sme7-inthiis and Paonias. I 

 would likewise add to my remarks as to the sequence of the groups that 

 they seem to me to form two series ; the first embracing the Macro- 

 giosshtce, Chcerocampijics and Smerinthince ; the second the Acherontin(B 

 and SphingincB; the members of each series resembling each other more 

 than the members of the opposed series. With regard to my List, p. 

 126 et seq., I would say that the manuscript was in the main long com- 

 pleted, perhaps nearly a year before I received Prof. Fernald's excellent 

 paper. After receiving it I merely so far corrected and added to my 

 MSS. This accounts for the resemblances between my paper on page 

 T21 and my preface to the List, in both of which I bring out the same 

 points with regard to the groups. In the List itself '• Noctuiformis % 

 H.-Sch.," should be cited in the synonymy of Cautethia Grotei Hy, Ed. 

 It has been shown that the Cuban and Floridian species are the same, 

 but Walker's Noctuiformis from St. Domingo is a different species. I 

 only accidentally saw the description of S. Separatus ; and possibly 

 some species described within the last three years has escaped me during 

 my absence from home. 

 Oct. 23, 1886. 



NOTES ON ABNORMAL TYPES OF THE LARVA OF 

 SMERINTHUS MYOPS. 



BY ROBERT BUNKER, ROCHESTER, N. V. 



For three years past I have reared this species from eggs and young 

 worms, and in no instance have they agreed with descriptions I have met 

 with. Two years ago I had a brood of eight. Three of them had six 

 spots — three on each side — two four spots, one two spots, and two 

 without spots. 



Last year I had nine, not one of which had the least semblance of a 

 spot, and were lighter green than those of the year before. This year 

 the brood consisted of seven, two of which were unspotted, one with 

 four, three with two, and one with a single spot. 



Where there were but two spots they were invariably on the third 

 segment. Incase of four spots on the third and seventh. When six 

 occurred the intermediate ones occupied the fifth segment. The unique 



